CAPÍTULO IV: CURSO DE FORMACIÓN/CAPACITACIÓN DOCENTE
4.10. Bibliografía
Pre-test frame 1
How would you punish someone who steals meat from a pot of soup?
Participants Percentage
a Flog him 11 36.67%
b Forgive him 06 20%
c Warn him 13 43.33%
d Send him out of the house 0 %
TOTAL 30 100%
The above frame sample summarizes participants’ pre-test responses. 36.67% believes that a child who steals meat from a pot of soup should be flogged, 20% says, the child should be forgiven.
43.33% suggests that the child should be warned and nothing else. None of the participants says that the child should be sent out of the house. This response may change when the participants are presented with the exact event in the movie they are about to watch. No 2. Question in the pre-test presents an event that creates a problem that the participants are expected to solve without seeing how similar problem is solved in the movie they are about to watch. The question tests how the participants would react if presented with similar situation and their responses are grouped under two subheadings Taking Responsibility and Shifting Responsibility
Pre-test Frame 2
Emeka, Ikenna and Chioma are friends and classmates at Igwebunwa Primary school. One day, Chioma did not come to school. After school hours, Emeka and Ikenna went to Chioma’s house to know why she did not come to school. Getting to Chioma’s house everywhere was quiet and the door was wide open. Ikenna and Emeka went into the house and said “Hello, is anyone at home? Then Chioma shouted from the bathroom “My parents have gone out please help me, please help me” On getting to the bathroom door, Emeka and Ikenna saw one Big Snake (Python) blocking the entrance of the bathroom. If you were Emeka or Ikenna, what would you do?
Participant Taking Responsibility Shifting Responsibility P1 I will call for help
P2 I will tell Emeka to go and find Matchet (sic)
Machete to kill the snake
P3 I will Run out and call my elders
P4 I will plan with Emeka and find sticks and kill the snake
P5 I will echo for help
P6 I will call some help
P7 I will go and seek for help, if their (sic) there is
any neighborhood their (sic) there, I will go tell him and he/she will help me call some youth (sic)
P8 I will run out and call other neigbourhood for
help but if they (sic) there is no one, both of us will look for knife and stike (sic) stick to kill the python
P9 I will distract the snake and ask Chioma to come out
P10 “An will Chioma did not come out” (sic) Out of
Point (OP)
P11 I will help to kill the snake
P12 I will kill the snake
P13 I will run away and call people for help
P14 If it is me, I will find any possible means to kill the snake
P15 I will run for my life and testify God’s goodness
P16 I will find any means to kill the snake
P17 I will go and find some help from the elders and
youths around the neighbourhood P18 I will kill the snake
P19 I will go and bring stick and kill it
P20 I will find stike (sic) stick or stone and kill the snake and save Chioma
P21 I will call the youth in the society to come and
save her P22 I will kill the snake and save
Chioma
P23 I will go and seek for help, who will help me to
kill the big snake
P24 I will call eldery (sic) elderly people to help her
P25 I would call some youth from the society to come
and help me to kill the python P26 I will find any sharp object to
kill it
P27 I will ask for help so they will help me kill it P28 I would distract the snake to
come out from the bathroom door then I will tell Chioma to come out, then distract the snake back to the bathroom, then tell Chioma to light the snake with kerosing (sic) kerosene and match stick
P29 I will run and call for help
P30 I will ask Emeka to go and call our teacher
TOTAL 11 Participants = 36.67% 19 Participants = 63.33%
Subtotal 30 Participants = 100%
36.67 percentage of the participants would take the responsibility of rescuing Chioma from the python, while 63.33% would shift the responsibility. The above scenario challenges the participants’ application of knowledge that they might have gained from their immediate environment (Film) and how they can apply such in solving problems they face in life. It was observed during the analysis of Nollywood children films, that in most cases Nollywood filmmakers create problematic situations in children films without proffering adequate measure to tackle such problems. This is evident in Two Rabbits, The Magic Bible, and My Kids and I.
Pre-test Frame 3
Have you seen anyone appear and disappear? If yes, where have you seen such a person?
Participants Percentage
a In my dream 6 20%
b In Films 23 76.67%
c In my village 1 3.33%
d In my house 0 0%
TOTAL 30 100%
The question above examines the participants’ believability and separation of reality from fantasy.
As such, 76.67% of the participants see the above event in films that they have seen, while 20%
witnessed the above event in their dreams. Only one participant says he had seen someone disappear in his village but when further queried by the researcher, the participant (7-9 years old) said that that was what his mother told him.
Pre-test Frame 4
Do you know what Magic is? Participants Percentage
Yes 25 83.33%
No 5 16.67%
TOTAL 30 100%
The participants’ knowledge of Magic as one of the elements of fantasy is tested in the above pre-test question. 83.33% of the participants know what magic is while 16.67% stated otherwise.
Making reference to participants’ response in Pre-test Frame 3, one may say that 25 participants may have seen magic performed in films and thus believe that they understand or know about magic is. The next pre-test question in Frame 5 buttresses the above fact.
Pre-test Frame 5
If you have a magical power, what would you do with it?
Participant Positive Usage Negative Usage Neutral P1 I will use it and help people
P2 I will use it to heal people from sickness and save people
P3 I will use it to save people’s life P4 To do good deeds
P5 I will make Nigeria a better place and provide for the poor
P6 I will use it to help people
P7 I will use it to help people P8 I will use my magical power to
draw people nearer to God P9 I will use the magical power to
multiplies (sic) multiply everlasting
P10 ……… ……….. ………..
P11 Help People
P12 I will use it to play a game P13 I will make use of it, I will use it
to heal sick people.
P14 ……… ………. ……….
P15 Save people and control the people
P16 To perform what is impossible for people to do
P17 I would be using it to help people
P18 I will use it to fight enemies P19 To save people and use it to do
good
P20 To perform miracle
P21 I will use it to help those who are in trouble
P22 I will make use of it by killing my enemies
P23 I will use it to help people who are in need
P24 To save people from danger P25 I will use the magical power to
help those who are in trouble P26 I will use it to save people that
are in proble (sic) problem
P27 I will destloy (sic)
destroy Buhari P28 I will be a hero, and also perform
magic show where people pay before they enter.
P29 ………... ………
… ………
P30 ……….. ………
...
……….
TOTAL 25 Participants = 83.34% 1 Participants = 3.33%
4 Participants = 13.33%
Subtotal 30 Participants = 100%
Pre-test frame 5 shows that 83.34% of the participants if given magical power would use it positively, while one participant would use it ‘negatively’ participant number 27 choice stems from the fact that her mother who is a lower ranked civil servant have being experience hardship and as such complains about President Buhari as the cause of the hardship. When queried further, participant number 27 opines that “Buhari caused everything, food prices have gone up”
(Participant no.27. 10-13 years old) 13.33% of the participants are indifference to the question as they had nothing to write about the usage of magical power, this is not surprise since five participants in the Pre-test frame 4, said that they do not know what magic is.
Pre-test Frame 6
Would you like to fly, stay up in the air and play football?
Participants Percentage
Yes 21 70%
No 09 30%
TOTAL 30 100%
The above question creates an imaginary situation for the participants. While 70% of the participants fantasize partaking in the above event, 30% of the participants did not want to partake in it. The difference in the percentage of those who would want to participate in the above event buttresses Weisberg theory of ‘Mise en place’ hence children fantasize about an environment or an activity that is not common within their real life environment. The above question has ascertained that children love fantasy.
Pre-test Frame 7
Pre-test frame 7 outlines the participants’ ideas and understanding of filmic events. 83.3% believes that some events could help in film while 13.33% of the participants said categorically yes that everything that happen in films happen in real life. Only one participant said no that everything that happen in film does not happen in real life. Again the above question highlights the fact that most children (7-13 years old) understand fantasy and reality as adopted in films.
Pre-test Frame 8
What do you learn from watching films?
Participant Positive Impact Negative Impact Neutral P1 I learn to be good
P2 Good moral attitude P3 I gain more knowledge
P4 I learn how things are going in the world
P5 Although some are eruptic (sic) erotic but it teach (sic) teaches P6 Some I watching gives good
moral (sic) Some films I watch teach good moral
P7 Some I watch give me good moral
P8 I learnt about being a good child
P9 ……… ……… ………
P10 ……… ……….. ………..
P11 Morals
Do you think that everything that happen in Films happen in real life?
Participants Percentage
Yes 4 13.33%
No 1 3.33%
Some happen 25 83.33
TOTAL 30 100%
P12 I learn how to fight P13 I learn how to do many things
P14 I learn a lot from watching films
P15 I learn how to fight my
mother
P16 Good and bad thing, to
fight my man P17 Some teaches us good moral
P18 I learn how to fight
P19 Things that happen in life
P20 I learn how to fight
P21 (In) Some good films I learn how to be obedient and kind.
P22 I learn how to help people
P23 I learn good and bad
things from it P24 To be obedient and respectful
P25 Some good films I wach (sic) watch teach me to obey my parent
P26 ………
P27 How to produces (sic) produce things
P28 ……….
P29 ………... ……… ………
P30 ……….. ………... ……….
TOTAL 18 Participants = 60% 6 Participants = 20% 6 Participants = 20%
Subtotal 30 Participants = 100%
Participants’ responses in the above frame indicate that 60% of the participants learn good moral from the films the watch, while 20% learn how to fight, some learn good and bad things. The remaining 20% are silent to the question. The pre-test establishes that child participants learn from films. And what they learn could impact them positively or negatively, or both.
Pre-test Frame 9
Would you love to become a pastor or a priest who uses magic to perform miracles?
Participants Percentage
Yes 07 76.67%
No 23 23.33%
TOTAL 30 100%
Pre-test question 9 interrogates the participants on becoming a priest or pastor who uses magic to perform miracle. 76.67% said no, that they will not use magic to perform miracle while 23.33%
said yes that they would love to become pastor or priest who use magic to do miracle. The participants understanding of magic in the above context shows that one could use magic positively or negatively. In frame 5, most of the participants agreed to use magic positively.
The above pre-test questions interrogated the participants’ knowledge about events that happened in the two films understudy (The Magic Bible and Harry Potter: The Sorcerer’s Stone). The participants’ answered the above questions without seeing or watching the films.